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M y Great Ambition
paper written for a freshman college class
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH DECEMBER 18,1924
I was a very young boy when I first began to think of what I wanted to become. My mind was very unsettled. When I attended the County Fair and saw the Cowboys roping and riding horses I thought that I would like to become a Cowboy. T o see a man sit in a saddle on the back of a wild horse gave me a thrill that I had never had before. I was so interested that every time the horse would leap I would imagine that I was riding him. But soon after the sport was over I would forget the horses and Cowboys. Baseball was one sport that was indeed fascinating to me. A baseball game excited me more than any other sport. I envied the pitcher who could strike out a batter. I admired the batter who could make a safe hit for his team when it was needed. After a game was over I loved to talk to the other boys about what I had seen at the ball park. I persuaded my father and mother to buy me a baseball outfit, so that I could practice playing ball. I dreamed that some day I might become a ball player like the men that I had seen play. But when the baseball season was over I forgot baseball, and my thoughts turned to something else. Although my mind was changing from time to time there was one thing which I always said when there was nothing special to stimulate my feelings. I often told Dad and Mother that I would be glad when I grew up so that I could speak and "hit my fist upon the table." I thought that all good speakers pounded the table or pulpit with their fists when they wanted to be emphatic. My brother and sister were furnished with plenty of fun when I tried to speak. I often pounded the kitchen table with my tightly closed hands while I muttered a few words that meant nothing. Although my ambition was to be a good speaker I loved the outof-doors. The Scouts in our town took long hikes over the fields and mountains which made me interested in scouting, I joined an organization called the Lone Scouts. Possibly you wonder why I did not do as most of the boys did and be a Boy Scout.
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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